Sciota man dies in Business Route 209 crash

Friday

Aug 30, 2013 at 12:01 AMAug 30, 2013 at 2:29 PM

A 23-year-old Sciota man died Thursday night when the Jeep he was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer on Business Route 209 in Hamilton Township, according to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen. The identity of the deceased will be released today, Allen said. An autopsy will be performed today at Lehigh Valley Hospital. According to Allen, the man driving the 2011 Jeep Wrangler was heading north on Business 209 when he crashed into the tractor-trailer which was pulling onto Business Route 209 southbound from an exit ramp from Route 209. The Jeep's roof and front hood were torn off. The Jeep went under the truck and stopped on the other side of it. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m., and Allen pronounced the man dead at 6:21 p.m. The truck driver, identified as Donald Walsh of East Stroudsburg, was not seriously hurt. State police at Swiftwater did accident reconstruction at the scene Thursday night.

A 23-year-old Sciota man died Thursday night when the Jeep he was driving crashed into a tractor-trailer on Business Route 209 in Hamilton Township, according to Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen. The identity of the deceased will be released today, Allen said.

An autopsy will be performed today at Lehigh Valley Hospital. According to Allen, the man driving the 2011 Jeep Wrangler was heading north on Business 209 when he crashed into the tractor-trailer which was pulling onto Business Route 209 southbound from an exit ramp from Route 209.

The Jeep's roof and front hood were torn off. The Jeep went under the truck and stopped on the other side of it. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m., and Allen pronounced the man dead at 6:21 p.m. The truck driver, identified as Donald Walsh of East Stroudsburg, was not seriously hurt.

State police at Swiftwater did accident reconstruction at the scene Thursday night.